Protecting R&D Laboratory Data
Research and development laboratories generate some of the most valuable and targeted data in any organization. BrickStor SP protects proprietary research, enforces export controls, and preserves data integrity with active defense at the storage layer.
The unique threat landscape for research organizations
Research data is a primary target for nation-state espionage, ransomware groups, and insider theft. Unlike enterprise data, research datasets are often irreplaceable — years of experimental work concentrated in unstructured files on shared storage.
What BrickStor SP brings to every deployment
Four patented capabilities at the core of every BrickStor SP deployment. The next section covers what each one means inside an R&D laboratory environment specifically.
Active Defense →
Patented inline detection and response in the storage data path. Ransomware, insider misuse, and bulk exfiltration get stopped in under a second — before the write completes.
ABAC →
Attribute-based access control evaluated on every SMB, NFS, S3, and Web Drive operation. Data Centric Zero Trust — clearance, program, device, network, and behavior on each request.
ImmutaVault →
Patented virtual air gap built into the storage system. Immutable, indelible, isolated recovery copies that survive even attackers with administrative privilege.
Intelligent Bulk Remediation →
Patented surgical file-level recovery. After an incident, restore only the files the attacker touched in minutes — not the entire volume from snapshot over days.
How the pillars translate to research data
ITAR + EAR enforcement inline
ABAC evaluates nationality, clearance, and project authorization on every read — so export-controlled research data is enforced by the storage system itself, not by a separate label tagger or a PI's spreadsheet of "who can see what."
Scientific reproducibility is the audit
Immutable snapshots and tamper-evident audit preserve the integrity of experimental data — the binder of evidence a journal, a sponsor, or a grant office needs is what the storage already records, not an artifact of a separate ELN.
Pre-publication IP defended against nation-state targeting
R&D organizations are first-tier targets for nation-state collection of pre-publication research. Behavioral analytics surface the bulk reads, off-hours access, and lateral-traversal patterns that precede attribution-worthy exfiltration.
HPC-class throughput when the dataset demands it
For accelerator, genomics, materials, and AI-training datasets, BrickStor SP for Lustre delivers parallel-file-system throughput without giving up the inline policy enforcement and immutable preservation the rest of the research vault uses.
Built for every type of laboratory
National Laboratories
Protect classified and sensitive unclassified research at DOE, DOD, and other federally funded national laboratory environments.
Pharmaceutical & Biotech
Secure pre-clinical research data, clinical trial records, drug formulation files, and FDA submission documentation.
Defense R&D
Store and protect ITAR/EAR-controlled technical data, test results, and engineering research with granular access enforcement.
Materials & Physical Sciences
High-performance storage for large datasets from accelerators, electron microscopes, and simulation environments.
AI & Computational Research
Secure training datasets, model files, and computational research outputs for AI, machine learning, and data science labs.
University Research Centers
Protect funded research data, grant-related records, and collaborative datasets across multi-PI and multi-institution programs.
Regulatory and program alignment
Frequently asked questions
- BrickStor SP monitors all file operations in real time with Active Defense, detecting and stopping unauthorized bulk access, exfiltration patterns, and ransomware targeting research datasets. Immutable snapshots preserve data integrity and provide a forensic trail of all access.
- Yes. BrickStor SP's attribute-based access control can enforce access policies based on citizenship, project authorization, clearance level, and need-to-know — going well beyond the folder-permission models of traditional NAS.
- BrickStor SP for Lustre provides the high-throughput parallel file system performance required for simulations, genomics pipelines, and AI training workloads, with integrated security monitoring that doesn't compromise throughput.
- Yes. ABAC enables precise, project-level access policies for external collaborators, visiting researchers, and institutional partners — sharing only what is authorized without over-permissioning shared storage.
- Immutable snapshots create tamper-proof copies of experimental datasets at defined points in time. These snapshots cannot be modified or deleted, preserving data provenance for reproducibility, publication, and regulatory audit.
Protect the Research That Drives Discovery
BrickStor SP helps R&D organizations defend irreplaceable research data with active defense, export control enforcement, and immutable data integrity.